What is the population of Ribeirão Preto?
Ribeirão Preto has a city population of 698,642. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Ribeirão Preto
The city sits 600 km from Brasília. Ribeirão Preto has a population of 698,642, making it the 28th largest of Brazil's listed cities and the 8th largest in Sao Paulo state. Several smaller cities lie nearby: Sertãozinho at 19 km with 126,887 residents, Jardinópolis at 18 km with 45,282, and Cravinhos at 20 km with 33,281.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#8of 303
Elevation
554 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-21.177, -47.810
Record updated
2026-07-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,250 in BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Ribeirão Preto | 699K |
Ribeirão Preto Population FAQ
Where is Ribeirão Preto?
Ribeirão Preto is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 600 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -21.177, -47.810.
How big is Ribeirão Preto compared with other cities in Brazil?
It is the 28th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.